The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-13

both prepared to land forces at moments notice.
In less than quarter OF an hour $50 officers,
blue Jackets and marines and Calling cun
from the Portsmouth were landed and marched
to the scene of trouble, and their presence stop
ped the riotous demonstrations. Queen Emma
had beer asked to use her personal influence to
quell the disturbance, but had refused Only
few of the ringleaders were arrested.
Tho Legislature met again the following
morning to receive Kalakaua's letter OF accept
ance, and sorry looking gathering 1t was.
Every article of furniture in the room was
broken. The legislators themselves were one
mass OF bandages. bruises and plasters- The
American forces remained on shore eight days.
and the new King took the oath of Office. and
was firmly established on the throne in the
meantime The British steamer Tenedos was
In port at the time and landed some troops, but
the officers. as we'll as the British minister,
were strongly in favor of Queen Emma, and
had it not been for the presence of
have been far different It was only after the
decided stand taken by the American minister
and naval officers in favor of King Kalakaua
that the British representative consented to join
with the consular corps in a note to Queen
Emma informing her that unless she submitted
to the action of the Legislature she would be
Cured after that but the opposition party, or
the missionaries, they we're commonly desig-
mated, were by no means satisfied and con-
staE:ly plotted mildly against the government
1.-TWO years later Walter Murray Gibson an
American adventurer who had commanded q
privateer during the war of the rebellion in the
from the island of Lauai Gibson lowered head
aud shoulders intellectually above every other
in the kingdom, and in a comparatively
short time had overthrow dozen Cabinets.
The King soon made him the Premier and Min
lister of Foreign Affairs. From that day Glib
held almost dictatcrial sway and nodded
the King and Legislature to his will. 1t
is but .rstice to him to say that what
ever advantages Hawaii enjoys today in
commercial relations with foreign powers are
due to his exertions, though he wasted much
mr. in and tr1ps ahr
in order to obtain them Immigration was
couraged from all countries and he did all in his
power to benefit tho conditions of labor the
islands. 1t was in this way that he incurred the
enmity of Claus Spreckels. who owned an inn
mense sugar plantation Maui, and owned the
proprietors of nearly all the Others through
sons was to fill all the government Offices
nearly as possible with native Hawaiia..s
s'Gibson was shrewd enough to know that
Claus Spreckles's enmity would be disastrous in
the end If not appeased in some way. he
caused the Legislature to issue authority for
new loan OF large dimensions and then he gave
the bonds to Spreckes in exchange for the
money. When the last call for 50, 600, 900 was
made last winter Sprecke's terms were too high
the bonds in England. Spreckles got mad, re-
turned his decorations and knighthood the
King and Joined the opposition. who sought
Gibsons overthrow. The death OF Queen En-
ma year SO ago put an end to the schemes
in that direction. After that republic was the
desire of the opposition There was little hope
1or tneIn however, Until OUrecheiS joined tnem
The King had been backed all along by the of
fce-holders and the Masons, who are power in
the islands. Kalakaua the highest
among them, having taken the thirty
third degree his tour around the
world. Spreckles's first object was the Masons
and after he had won them over. the King and
Gibson were. of course, in the minority, and the
opposition succeeded in busting tn latter. The
Masons. however. would not consent to depose
Kalakaua altogether until he had been given one
more chance. This chance he has proited by
and retains his throne.
.Of the new Cabinet, WI. Green is the only
representative of the old missionary party. the
others all being young men, two of whom went
to the islands only three years ago.